-=> Quoting John Sandow to Steve Gunhouse on 05-29-96  21:06 <=-
 Re: handgun/longgun
 SG>Actually, it's listed in the local catalog for $425 for 4", $443 for 6.5"
 SG>in blue - about $60 more for stainless.
 JS> Hmm...  I think I'll do the 6 shot and spend $40 on speedloaders.  :-)
As you can't currently find speedloaders for the 607, 686+ or 608, I
think even 1 speedloader with a regular "six-shooter" puts you ahead of
the game. Of course, you should know that catalog prices are higher than
you're likely to actually pay, so the $425 is more than you'd acually
pay.
 SG>I'm a math teacher. I can count my shots from a Beretta even when firing
 SG>a full mag in 30 seconds. Or an AR-15. It's actually harder when you stop
 SG>for a minute in the middle - you know, when some fool down the line heads
 SG>downrange or some such.
 JS> Firing rapid fire, unless you are really used to it, you can lose your
 JS> count very quickly:  one of the drills in a recent PSA shoot was 18
 JS> rounds, then a re-holster, and six rounds into a target at close
 JS> range,  about 15 feet.  No problem, right?  Right.  About one fourth of
 JS> the  shooters fired only five rounds, including me.
As I say, I'm a math teacher. I count in my sleep. Though in the scenario
deescribed, as you were shooting the 6 rounds at the end I'd think you'd
only have that number in the gun - so you'd fire until it no longer went
"Bang!" Well, some people don't think of that.
 SG>But would a 12-shot revolver be a "high capacity ammunition feeding
 SG>device"? So I guess they won't make one after all!
 JS> I'm waiting for a centerless cylinder, or at least a pop out cylinder.
 JS> Load up three extra cylinders, pop the spent one out like a magazine,
 JS> slap in a new one and have at it.  Cylinders pop out anyway, they just
 JS> are not detchable.  The only real need would be a reliable centering.
Sounds like you want a single-action. Well, except that it is single-
action.  Either that, or you're imitating Clint Eastwood in that movie
where he was interchanging cylinders on a black-powder revolver.
Speedloaders are more convenient - and don't weigh as much. That, and
it's hard to get a cylinder to match a barrel. To get a really accurate
gun, you need to make sure the chambers line up properly, and
interchanging cylinders isn't likely to help that occur.
I think I'll stick to speedloaders, thanks.
Steve
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